Album Notes

Birth of a Rose, why a jazz ballet?
My new infatuation with music is this: the channels that we must navigate as professional musicians sometimes lead us to monotonous, unappreciative, flat moments. Notes on a page with no character. However, those same channels can lead to a magical, inspiring vista of originality. Notes on a page becoming an everlasting charm of ingenuity. Here is a brief description of the channel I traveled to arrive at the writing of Birth of a Rose.
I, along with my constituents at the Colorado Musicians Consortium, willingly agreed in early 2009 to compose new, innovative pieces of music that would combine art forms. At the time, I didn't quite know what that meant, and was resolved to succumbing to a divine intervention later in the year if necessary. But along came a friend, a dancer friend belonging to a dance company in need of music to dance to at their annual Mother's Day event at the Denver Botanic Gardens. I agreed to the task, and looked forward to the possibilities of the near future.
For the story and details regarding Birth of a Rose, and for more information on The Anthony Zator Quartet, please visit www.anthonyzator.com or email anthonyzator@mac.com.